Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-02

Rutland In nelQ OF SIX starters. But
the Ben Franklin filly, Urda, ran the
stretch in the last heat and, with all that,
was behind Emma b. under the wire, but
had the race awarded her. A challenge
was made Immediately to trot the two
FLIES for $500, but Mr.. Cults declined.
Emma B. trotted quarter on the same
track during the fair in 81 seconds, a
2:2s gait. She is probably the best FLY
in Vermont or Northern New York, when
speed, beauty and conformation is taken
into consideration. The Rev. O'Carroll
of Fair Haven has one year younger
that is thought to be nearly her equal,
considering age. She was bred the same,
being from Lambert dam. Among
others who own one, two or three of old
Hilands colts, none that exceed three
years of age, may be mentioned Rodney
Ray of Hampton, Patsey Roach of Poult-
ney has three and Thomas Griffith of
Wells has some good ones; then there
are four being broken by trainer at
Castleton that it would do one good to
and Truman Temple has sold three
year-old filly to party in New York for
$500. The Messrs. Kelley have one COM
ing three that Michael Burns of Green
bush bought when eighteen months old
and gave 800 for it with the understand
ing that she should be kept until spring
at the further expense of $3.50, making
$3.50 as a three-year-old.
might mention and give a detailed &C
count of hundreds of the get of Hiland
Gray that have sold for long prices and
given everlasting satisfaction on the track
and before the carriage and for all gener-
al purposes, but suffice it to say that the
half remains untold. And | will assure
you that the motives that have prompted
me to write the little or much that is
placed before you for consideration are
not those of prejudice or ill-will toward
any horse or horses or owner of horses,
but those that are based OH facts and true
merit, as established and worked out by
horse that was foaled in obscurity, the
property of an humble but honest Irish
man; a horse that is standard by rules l,
3, 4 and 6, as established by the National
Association of Trottng Horse Breeders
(his register No. is s2D horse that has
produced from ordinary bred mares colts
that have been sold by the common farmer
breeder for larger uniform prices than
any other sire that has ever lived or done
service in this section; horse that has
trotted ice in PIP without strap or line
other than the bare harness and nc
weights except Jerry Ford, his driver
who, think, only weighs 200. l shall
hardly forget the race Jerry made with
the old horse on South Bay at
Whitehall in the winter of 70
think, against the three mares, Susie,
Maggie and Flora Lee. Hiland had trot-
ted Charley Mack and had beaten the
mares and everything else that winter
and the drivers of the mares made uI
their minds that they would go for hin
by turns Oh this occasion, and if trotting
would not do it, running must, and sc
Maggie took him the first heat, Susie the
next and Flora the third; they would
run by him and into him, trying to upset
him or crowd him off the track, but i
was no use for Jerry had only to hold the
old hero with one hand and with his whiI
in the other, he half turned around on hi
rig, sat halloing at the top of his Irisl
voice and reckoning for them to come OF
with their mares. Julio Benjamin OF
,, Whitehall can tell this story with mucl
more grace than | can write it, so | viii
simply add that next time any of you
meet Julio, ask him to tell you the way
, Jerry Ford beat the three mares on Soutl
Bay. But | must draw this whole sub
ject to close, and before doing so / will
say that if any reader of this tedious mar
rative shall have occasion to make tn,
kieleys visit this season they need no
be surprised to find 32x60 feet hors
barn with all modern cOnvenences.
saw the plan and liked it well, and | an
in hopes that the old horse will live t.
dedicate it to the memory of that nobl
and grand family of horses that will eve
be known in history as the Hiland Grays
= for they are all that can be desired in
horse, for it can be truthfully said of tn
old hero that he has
IAN eye like hawk, a neck like swan,
, foot like n cat and his back a long span
G Kind nature gave strength he is honest am
n good,
He's what a horse should be-bone, bottol
and blood
, / Ichabod Crane in Granville IN. Y.
! Republican.
+ VALUABLE MORGAN COLTS.